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Welcome Message from the Chair
Welcome to the Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences (CPS) at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM). CPS is an interdisciplinary science department which was formed in 2003 through merging four previously separate departments: Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy and Earth Sciences. We offer undergraduate programs in all four areas, including specializations in Biological Chemistry, Biomedical Physics, Astronomical Science and Environmental Geoscience. Our students have access to new, state-of-the-art teaching laboratories and are involved in cutting-edge research projects in our research labs. Student enrolments in CPS courses and programs have grown tremendously, mirroring the doubling in size of the student body at the Mississauga campus over the last decade. Our department is home to 21 full-time faculty, including award-winning educators and researchers, who supervise a total of 70 graduate students and 20 postdocs in the CPS research labs. About 40% of the faculty have been hired in the last 10 years, the result of a recruitment and renewal drive that is still ongoing. If you are interested in pursuing a career in physical sciences or if you are just curious about science in general, we are here to help. For more specific information about the Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences at UTM and what we have to offer, please browse our site and contact us.
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News
20/03/2018 - 10:13
Professor Kent Moore was the recipient of the Fulbright Scholar Award last year and collaborated with his colleagues at the University of Washington studying the impact of climate change on the Arctic's atmosphere and ocean.
27/11/2017 - 12:55
Prof. Dave McMillen's group was one of the 20 Canadian projects that have won funding through Grand Challenges to address issues of child and maternal health!
22/06/2017 - 11:20
Dr. Phoebe Chan (from the Halfar Group) received '2017 Best Early Career Scientist Oral Presentation Award' at the recent Ecosystem Studies of Subarctic and Arctic Seas (ESSAS) Open Science Meeting!
Prof. Moore's remarks on IPCC report
With the recent publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, Prof. Kent Moore shares his remarks with CBC.
Meet Prof. Sarah Rauscher
Why are Earthquakes so Devastating?
Prof. Lindsay Schoenbohm shares her expert opinion with the Toronto Star on "The reason some earthquakes are so devastating."
Prof. Marc Laflamme receives the UTM Annual Research Prize
Congratulations to Prof. Marc Laflamme for receiving the UTM Annual Research Prize! Prof. Laflamme is a geobiologist who studies the origin, evolution, diversification, and preservation of the Ediacara biota.